Fiona Beckett on wine + Budget 2011 | The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/fiona-beckett-on-wine+uk/budget-2011
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Wine: How to beat the post-budget blueshttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/16/beat-the-budget-wine-review
Last month's rise in excise duty has turned our wine into the highest taxed in Europe. So if your favourite tipple is now out of your price range, how do you go about finding an alternative?<p>You may not yet have noticed the post-budget duty increase that put another 15p on a bottle of wine, but&nbsp;you soon will. It brings the increase in excise duty to 12.5% in&nbsp;the past year (15% after VAT), making the wine we buy the highest-taxed in Europe. So if your&nbsp;favourite wine has become unaffordable, how do you find a&nbsp;substitute? The answer is to draw a few lessons from cutting the household food budget.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/16/beat-the-budget-wine-review">Continue reading...</a>WineBudget 2011BudgetFood & drinkLife and styleFri, 15 Apr 2011 23:03:21 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/16/beat-the-budget-wine-reviewPhotograph: Paul Hackett/ReutersGeorge Osborne has delivered his first budget Photograph: Paul Hackett/ReutersPhotograph: Paul Hackett/ReutersGeorge Osborne has delivered his first budget Photograph: Paul Hackett/ReutersFiona Beckett2011-04-15T23:03:21Z